Definitions for: Cavalier


[n] a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
[n] a gallant or courtly gentleman
[adj] given to haughty disregard of others



Webster (1913) Definition: Cav`a*lier" (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), n. [F. cavalier,
It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See
Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, Caballine.]
1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as
contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
--Clarendon.

4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from
the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking
surrounding parts.


Cav`a*lier", a.
Gay; easy; offhand; frank.

The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the
one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the
other, form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt.

2. High-spirited. [Obs.] ``The people are naturally not
valiant, and not much cavalier.'' --Suckling.

3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. ``An old
Cavalier family.'' --Beaconsfield.

Synonyms: chevalier, domineering, high-handed

See Also: male aristocrat, monarchist, royalist

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